The importance of Study Habits

Introduction
Study habits simply mean how students manage their time in such a way that can review and study their lessons in school regularly. It becomes a habit or way of life of the student just like brushing their teeth every after eating, taking a bath every day, and other activities that they are doing. A student who developed their study habits could not sleep or go to school without studying their lessons. A student can be more intelligent and have a self – confidence in class compared to those who do not developed their study habits. A student who does not have a good study habits cannot do well in class recitation, daily quizzes, and school demonstration since they did not study and review the lessons learned.

Good study habits are the tool to success. Without well-developed study habits, a student cannot perform well in class, and surely, they cannot reach their ambitions in life. Nowadays, many student are engaged in computer games just like DOTA; cutting classes, watching pornography, excessive playing on their gadgets like their cell phones, iPods, computers, PSP, and other devices they have, and worst of all is that they engage in vices such as illegal drugs, gambling, and crimes and even prostitution. Other students use their intelligence in foolishness and not in good deeds. Students should know how to manage their time wisely and keep their selves away from bad traits and vices. They should serve as models to their brothers, sisters, classmates, and also to their fellow students by showing that they have a good and well developed study habits. This kind of attitude must possessed by every student from the College of Education for them to become an effective and efficient molders of young mind in the future.

Significant

With many habits, the sooner you start practicing and developing good habits, the better chance you will have that you will continue with them. We all know that good study habits are essential to educational success. Good study habits are an important part of any student’s success. We probably can diminish the academic dishonesty by promoting good study habits with students, and letting the students know that good study habits are very important when it comes to school. Still, even procrastination can be overcome with proper study habits, and improving your study habits is the key to better studying. Good study habits are a great tool to have in the toolbox of life.

Many of the tips for success for online students are the same as those for students in an onsite classroom. Consider asking your school’s student council to take on a study tips project. Following a few simple study tips can help students effectively learn new concepts and theories. There have been numerous published tips students can use as a guide for good study habits.

A good way to stay organized is to use folders so you child can keep his/her assignments until needed and it is a great way of staying organized. Once children reach the grades where homework and tests are part of the curriculum, there are many things parents can do to encourage good study habits. An effective way to study is to study before and while you do the homework. A little amount of homework may help elementary school students build study habits. Being organized and having homework routines are the most important things in helping your child develop good study habits for life.

All learning, however, is a process which settles into certain steps. Students with learning problems, however, may still have generally inefficient and ineffective study habits and skills. Becoming aware of your learning style will help you to understand why you sometimes get frustrated with common study methods.

Effective study habits are a very import part of the learning process. Good study habits are all about keeping to a daily routine and giving all subjects equal treatment. If your study habits are weak, take a “study skills” course or have someone show you good study habits. The problem is that those high school study habits are hard to shake. Hard work and good study habits are assets that should be nurtured. Motivation and study habits are obviously crucial as well. Good habits are important for all students to protect investments of time and money and to achieve educational goals. After that experience your study habits are permanently altered, this will help your own preparation as you start teaching and last a lifetime. The main priorities are class attendance, time management, and great studying habits are necessary workings for an academic success. Statement

Outlining
1. Students need to develop good time management skills
Many students discover the need to develop or hone their time management skills when they arrive at college. Unlike high school where teachers frequently structured your assignments and classes filled your day, in college, you will have less in-class time, more outside of class work, and a great deal of freedom and flexibility. These pages provide you with tips for managing your time well so you can get the most out of your Dartmouth experience. Keys to successful time management include:

Self-knowledge and goals
Developing and maintaining a personal, flexible schedule

Time Management

Good time management is essential to success at university. Planning your time allows you to spread your work over a Semester, avoid a ‘traffic jam’ of work, and cope with study stress. Many deadlines for university work occur at the same time, and unless you plan ahead, you’ll find it impossible to manage. To meet the demands of study you need to spread your workload over a Semester. Work out what needs to be done and when. Work out how to use your available time as efficiently as possible. Plan Ahead and Priorities

The first step to good time management is to priorities your tasks. In other words, deciding which task is most important and should be completed first. For example, in a choice between reading for an essay due in four weeks and preparing an oral presentation in two weeks, choose to prepare the presentation.

To priorities successfully you must develop weekly and long term time management plans. Many students find long, medium and short term planning useful for organizing their study as effectively as possible. Planning ahead saves time, worry and energy. Tips to Make Time Management Easier

Complete small tasks straight away rather than putting them off. This will encourage you to begin tackling larger tasks needing attention. Break difficult or ‘boring’ work into sections. This allows you to approach a large task as a series of manageable parts. Don’t try to write a whole assignment in one sitting. Write it section by section. If you have ‘writer’s block’, try writing something-anything-down. Even if you change it completely later, at least you’ve started. The alternative is having nothing at all. Remember that it’s your study and the time you spend on it is up to you. If you find yourself losing direction, sit back and think of why you are doing your degree; remembering your goals can put everything into perspective. 1.1Time to be in class

If you’re late, you have the following problems:
You miss part of the class, so you might miss something really important. You disrupt the class and make it harder for the other people to work. You show disrespect for the teacher by not caring enough to be on time. You show that you are not a dependable person, and others will be less likely to rely on you You are letting bad habits control you instead of taking control of yourself and planning ahead to be on time. I have had many friends through school who could not manage to be on time for class or other things – we always ended up just not counting on them to go places with us, or just leaving them behind because they were late and we wanted to go. Being time not only helps you, it shows respect for the others around you. 1.2Time for study

Study time varies for different students. It depends upon the routine activities of student, time when he sleeps and gets up. Some students like to study in night till morning. Some students prefer early in the morning or evening time. You should be able to study anytime. Consider the following things for choosing your study time.

Select the best time according your routine activities.
Select the time you can study well and try to avoid other unnecessary things in that time. Study those subjects, which need more attention, in the time when you are more active and alert. It is usually morning time when you get up from sleep and your mind is fresh and relaxed. Follow a time table to utilize your time more productively

Try to get full sleep, whatever your sleeping time is. Rest is essential for good study.

1.3 Time for family
If one issue is common to a lot of our students it is how to best manage your time when you have the competing demands of study, work, family and friends.

Balancing study and home life can be a challenge, especially if you have not studied for a while, or have family or work commitments.

When commencing tertiary study for the first time, or after a break, you will go through a ‘transition’ phase where you learn to adjust to the demands of your study and university life.

This will be an adjustment period for your family and friends as well, as they learn to accommodate the reality of study demands as it affects their life (like not being able to drop everything to “look at this!” right then! Or come on a spur of the moment road trip.)

But in our experience, your family and friends learn pretty quickly and are really proud of you – so they handle it.

All students (you included) will feel pressure when assignments and exams are due, particularly in the second part of the semester.

Once you begin studying, additional pressure is placed on all members of a household.

Our students tell us it is important to take advantage of quieter times during the semester when you can spend time with family and friends, as there will be times when it feels like study has taken over your life.

Having the support of friends and family will be important in helping you to stay motivated and reach your goals.

2.4 Time to be just is alone

3.Students must choose the best study schedule
Many people feel the hours of study are the most important. However, students can study for hours on end and retain very little. The more appropriate question is, “how can students study more effectively?” Some issues students must consider are as follows.

Students need to develop good time management skills. They must realize there is a time to be in class, a time for study, time for family, time to socialize, and time to just be alone. The critical issue is recognition that there must be an appropriate balance. Students should acquire a vision; A clearly articulate picture of the future they intend to create for themselves. This will promote a passion for what they wish to do. Passion is critical and leads to an intense interest, dedication, and commitment to achieving career goals and objectives. The student must choose the best study schedule, a time they feel is comfortable, and in a place where there is little distraction.

The student must take notes on the subject matter and rehearse them frequently. Students should not study hours on end. One should study 30 to 45 minutes then take a short break. Eat a snack, have a cup of coffee, play with the dog, etc., then return to study. This refreshes the mind, and often issues that may have been confusing before, become suddenly clear. The student must develop good critical thinking skills, taking everything into consideration particular to the subject matter. Students must not be afraid to ask for help when they have a problem understanding the subject matter. They need to do it immediately and not after days have gone by. They should not feel apprehensive to ask a faculty member, a friend, or go to the academic learning center at the school.

Thus, it is not so much a question of hard study, but how to study in smart fashion. The bottom line is that the student must take responsibility and ownership over their study habits.

Without good study habits, a student cannot succeed. To succeed, students must be able to appropriately assimilate course content, digest it, reflect on it, and be able to articulate that information in written and/or oral form. Key, is the ability to acquire effective study skills. Many people feel the hours of study are the most important. However, students can study for hours on end and retain very little. The more appropriate question is, “how can students study more effectively?” Some issues students must consider are as follows.

* Students need to develop good time management skills. They must realize there is a time to be in class, a time for study, time for family, time to socialize, and time to just be alone. The critical issue is recognition that there must be an appropriate balance. * Students should acquire a vision; A clearly articulate picture of the future they intend to create for them selves. This will promote a passion for what they wish to do. Passion is critical and leads to an intense interest, dedication, and commitment to achieving career goals and objectives. * The student must choose the best study schedule, a time they feel is comfortable, and in a place where there is little distraction. * The student must take notes on the subject matter and rehearse them frequently.

* Students should not study hours on end. One should study 30 to 45 minutes then take a short break. Eat a snack, have a cup of coffee, play with the dog, etc., then return to study. This refreshes the mind, and often issues that may have been confusing before, become suddenly clear. * The student must develop good critical thinking skills, taking everything into consideration particular to the subject matter. * Students must not be afraid to ask for help when they have a problem understanding the subject matter. They need to do it immediately and not after days have gone by. They should not feel apprehensive to ask a faculty member, a friend, or go to the academic learning center at the school. Thus, it is not so much a question of hard study, but how to study in smart fashion. The bottom line is that the student must take responsibility and ownership over their study habits.

How To Learn Good Study Habits

To learn good study habits you will need to understand that everything you are doing in school right now is making you fail (if that is the case). If you are doing some what good then by the end of this article you will be able to differentiate the bad versus the good study habits. Of course, keep the good study habits you’ve got and improve upon them.

For example: many of us already take notes in school. If you are already doing so you can improve your notes by adding colors and high lighting what is more important from your class. Also, you could start using abbreviations when possible to keep up with what the teacher says.

Warning: Do NOT try to copy everything the professor is saying. This will result in falling behind on your notes and not catching the most important aspects of your lesson.

Most of the kids at school that get better grades than you do spend most of their time reading books and avoiding social events because they think the more they study the better the grades they will get. This is NOT true at all. You do not have to become a book worm in order to get better grades you just need to learn the basic good study habits that will get your school life right on track with less the effort.

Good Study Habits For High School
If you are a high school student needing good study habits then you should start by looking at what is working for you right now. Identifying what works best for you now will make your journey to college and through college fairly easy.

As well as seeking what is working for you at this moment, you should also identify the things that are giving you most of the trouble. Do you get bored in class? Do you skip class just to do fun things you are never able to do? Do you hate doing your homework? All of these things can be corrected by learning good study habits. (More on this below!)

Good Study Habits For College Students

WOW! You made it to college! (…lol!)

Everyone says college is so difficult, that everything gets more complicated and that is hard to pass! Truth is that everyone that says all of these things don’t know how to manage their time, tasks and projects which is a very important good study habit for college students.

It is true that the level of work in college is more intense but it is very well manageable as well when you follow good study habits.

Let’s say you have a project due in two months. A college student with good study habits would work on the project little by little every day until the project is finished. On the other hand a college student with bad study habits would wait until the last minute to start working on the same project, this student would rush and get stressed out to tears about the project while our ‘good study habits student’ is all ready to go.

Which kind of student are you now? Let’s look into our “list of good study habits” below:

List Of Good Study Habits
Go To Class: Always, always attend class. You don’t know what you will miss from your next lesson if you are not present in class. Attending to class could save you from missing out on a “surprise” test or clues to your mid term exam.

NO Cramming: Trying to get the most of any subject into your brain right before of a test is not going to work. Instead try to study just a couple of hours a day and when you are rested.

Read Before Class: Reading today’s lesson before each of your classes gives you an unfair advantage over the other students. The information will be fresh in your brain and you will be able to understand better what is going on in class.

Prioritize Your Tasks: Remember the example I gave you above with the students with good and bad study habits? The student with good study habits prioritized what was most important and started working on the project way before it was due.

Do Your Homework At School: Doing your homework at school is more comfortable and doable than waiting to get home a do it. Once you are at home you want to rest, right? Well, try completing your homework before getting home.

Involve Yourself In Sports/Arts: These activities will get your mind out of the books. You should always try to make school fun.

Talk To Your Teachers: Teachers are not that bad, in fact they could help you pass the subject if you talk to them and explain what are the areas on which you are having trouble.

Join Study Groups: There are many ways of getting most of your studies, one of them is joining study groups. These study groups are super beneficial to get most of your questions answered.

Beat Procrastination: Procrastination is a mayor issue for students but once you get passed it you will be more productive.

Clutter Free Study Space: Always make sure to study in an area that is free of other books, papers and distractions. Clean up your table and make sure you only have what you need to work on in front of you. Nothing else!

Prepare For Tests Ahead Of Time: If a test is coming up in two weeks then start reading your material today. Read one or two pages daily… when test time comes you will just know the test or exam is nailed!

Know Your Schedule: Become familiar with your schedule. Be aware of what’s coming up next, classes, tests, exams, projects. This will keep you on track big time.

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